New technology could turn ground heat into cheap alternative to fossil fuels - Sify News

Researchers and entrepreneurs in Slovenia and Serbia are developing a heat pump technology that would make ground-source heat a cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels-a feat that could cut CO2 emissions and improve energy security. Across Europe, there are plentiful sources of geothermal energy- heat stored in the ground which can be tapped to provide a renewable and inexhaustible energy supply. The small spa-town of Lendava, Slovenia, draws on a deep geothermal well 1,500 metres below the ground to supply its district heating network.